Basler IP Fixed Dome Camera User manual

Basler IP Fixed Dome Camera
User’s Manual
Document Number: AW000903
Version: 05 Language: 000 (English)
Release Date: 16 September 2010

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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Accessing the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 Configuring the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Accessing the Configuration Tools and Camera Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.3 Image Control Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.4 Streaming Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5 Motion Detection Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.6 Alarm Handling Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.7 Network Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.8 Input / Output Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.9 User Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.10 System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4 Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5 Terminal Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1 The Main Terminal Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.2 The RS-485 Terminal Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6 Day/Night Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.2 IR-Cut Filter Control Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.1 Specification List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.2 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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1 Introduction
1.1 About this Document
This document is intended for administrative users of the camera. Previous experience with
networking will be a great help when using this document.
This document assumes that you have already followed the instructions in the Basler IP Fixed
Dome Camera Installation Guide to install your camera.
Firmware
This document applies to cameras with version 2.0-0 firmware. Cameras with earlier or later
versions of the firmware may have different features than those described here and may look
different when accessed with the Basler Surveillance Web Client.
To ensure that your camera’s functionality is up to date, you should periodically check the
Downloads section of the Basler IP Camera website to see if a firmware update file is available. The
website address is: www.basler-ipcam.com
You can view the current firmware version in a camera, and you can apply a firmware update in two
different ways:
By using the Basler Web Surveillance Client.
After you access a camera using the client (as described in Section 3.2 on page 10), you can
use the Info tab in the System parameters group to view the current firmware version in the
camera (see Section 3.10.1 on page 55).
If you need to update the firmware, you can use the Start Firmware Update button on the
Management Tab in the System parameters group to apply a new firmware file to the camera
(as described in Section 3.10.3 on page 58).
By using the Basler IP Camera Finder software (version 1.4 or higher).
An advantage of the BIP Finder software is that it will let you view the firmware versions on
several cameras at once, and it will let you apply a new firmware file to several cameras
simultaneously.
Refer to the BIP Finder help file for information about how to view firmware versions and how
to update the camera firmware (the help file is a separate file that is included along with the BIP
Finder software).
The Basler IP Camera Finder software is available in the Downloads section of our website:
www.basler-ipcam.com

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1.2 Precautions
WEEE Directive
The European Union has enacted Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (the WEEE Directive). This directive is only applicable in European Union member
states.
All Basler IP Fixed Dome Cameras have been manufactured after the 31st of August 2005.
CAUTION
Electrical Shock Hazard
Touching the camera’s internal components may result in an electrical shock.
Do not attempt to access the electrical components in the camera base. The
camera base contains no user serviceable parts.

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1.3 Overview
RJ-45 Network / PoE - Provides a 10/100 Ethernet connection and can be used to connect
Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af) to the camera
Main Terminal Block - Provides connections for a secondary power input that can be used to
power the camera instead of PoE. Also provides connections for the camera’s digital input and
digital output lines and for a DC output voltage. See Section 5.1 on page 67 for detailed
information about the main terminal block.
RS-485 Terminal Block - Provides a connection for a standard RS-485 port that can be used
to communicate with an external device. See Section 5.2 on page 73 for detailed information
about the RS-485 terminal block.
Main
Terminal
Block
RJ-45
Network / PoE RS-485
Terminal
Block
Fig. 1: Camera Connections

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Status Indicator LEDs - The green LED indicates the network connection speed. Off means
the network speed is 10 MBits/s (or the network is not connected). On means the network
speed is 100 MBits/s.
The yellow LED indicates the level of network activity.
Factory Reset Button - Resets the camera to factory defaults. See Section 4 on page 65 for
details.
SD Card Slot - Can hold a micro SD or a micro SDHC card. The card can be used to store
alarm images or the contents of the alarm buffers. See page 40 for details. (An SD card is not
included with the camera.)
Factory
Reset
Button
SD
Card
Slot Status
Indicator
LEDs
Fig. 2: Camera Connections

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2 Accessing the Camera
The following instructions assume that you have used the Basler IP Fixed Dome Camera
Installation Guide to install your camera and that you know either the IP Address or the host name
of your camera.
Your camera can be accessed from most standard operating systems using a web browser. The
recommended browser is Windows™ Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
Accessing the Camera From a Web Browser
1. Start your web browser.
2. If you know the IP Address of your camera, type the IP Address into the Address field of your
browser and press the Enter key. For example: http:/172.17.1.44
(If you don’t know the IP address you can find it using the Basler Basler IP Camera Finder
software as described in the Basler IP Fixed Dome Camera Installation Guide.)
If you know the host name of your camera and if your network has a properly configured domain
name server, type the host name into the Address field of your browser and press the Enter key.
For example, for a camera with a host name of Basler-12345678 you would enter:
http://basler-12345678
3. Your browser will connect to the camera’s web server and the Basler Surveillance Web Client
will be displayed. Assuming that the camera is set to the defaults, a live MJPEG video stream
will be displayed in the Live Stream 0 tab as shown below.

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